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| Born : | 12/19/1852 | Albert A Michelson, established c as universal constant (Nobel 1907) |
| Born : | 07/10/1852 | Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister |
| Born : | 08/22/1852 | Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La lotta politics in Italy) |
| Born : | 12/15/1852 | Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903) |
| Born : | 06/25/1852 | Antonio Gaud¡, Spanish architect (Sagrada Familia, Barcelona) |
| Born : | 02/16/1852 | Charles Taze Russell, founded Jehovah's Witnesses |
| Born : | 05/11/1852 | Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09) |
| Born : | 09/25/1852 | Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of the Navy (1910-18) [or 5/29] |
| Born : | 12/27/1852 | Dom J G da Cƒmara, Portugese journalist/songwriter |
| Born : | 04/01/1852 | Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail) |
| Born : | 04/23/1852 | Edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937) |
| Born : | 04/13/1852 | Frank W Woolworth, 5 & 10 King |
| Born : | 04/18/1852 | George Clausen, painter |
| Born : | 02/24/1852 | George Moore, Ireland, novelist (Esther Waters) |
| Born : | 08/31/1852 | Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister |
| Born : | 09/12/1852 | HH Asquith, (L) British PM (1908-16) |
| Born : | 12/15/1852 | Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903) |
| Born : | 09/28/1852 | Henri Moissan, France, chemist (isolated fluorine, Nobel 1906) |
| Born : | 09/12/1852 | Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (1908-16) |
| Born : | 02/02/1852 | Hƒmid Abdlhak, Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright |
| Born : | 08/30/1852 | Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901) |
| Born : | 09/15/1852 | Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor (shoe lacing machine) |
| Born : | 10/23/1852 | Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer |
| Born : | 02/13/1852 | Johan L E Dreyer, Danish astronomer (New gen catalogue of nebulae) |
| Born : | 11/25/1852 | Johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria |
| Born : | 02/26/1852 | John Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry |
| Born : | 09/28/1852 | John [Denton P] French, British field marshal (Boer War, WW I) |
| Born : | 01/12/1852 | Joseph J C Joffre, French chief of staff |
| Born : | 01/24/1852 | Joseph JC Joffre+, marshal of France (battle of Marne) |
| Born : | 01/11/1852 | Konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21) |
| Born : | 03/15/1852 | Lady Augusta Gregory, Ireland, playwright/poet/Yates mistress |
| Born : | 03/05/1852 | Lady Isabella Gregory, Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple) |
| Born : | 10/31/1852 | Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Revolt of Mother) |
| Born : | 11/03/1852 | Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912) |
| Born : | 08/29/1852 | P-M-B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) |
| Born : | 11/22/1852 | Paul H B d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist |
| Born : | 01/26/1852 | Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa) |
| Born : | 02/22/1852 | Pieter K Pel, internist (Pel-Ebstein fever) |
| Born : | 05/24/1852 | Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, author/politician |
| Born : | 12/15/1852 | Tewfik Pasja, khedive (viceroy) of Egypt) |
| Born : | 06/20/1852 | Theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, lawyer/minister of interior (1866..88) |
| Born : | 03/01/1852 | Theophile Delcass‚, French statesman |
| Born : | 06/24/1852 | Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister |
| Born : | 10/02/1852 | William Ramsay, chemist |
| Born : | 02/16/1852 | William Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes) |
| Born : | 09/23/1852 | William Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school |
| Died : | 12/16/1852 | Andries H Potgieter, South African explorer, dies |
| Died : | 09/14/1852 | Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83 |
| Died : | 10/24/1852 | Daniel Webster, US lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies |
| Died : | 08/05/1852 | Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 |
| Died : | 06/29/1852 | Henry Clay, the great compromiser, dies at 75 |
| Died : | 04/09/1852 | John Howard Payne, actor/playwright, dies |
| Died : | 02/29/1852 | John Landseer, printer & engraver for Royal Academy, dies |
| Died : | 05/12/1852 | John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies |
| Special : | 02/23/1852 | "H M S Birkenhead" sinks off South Africa killing 420 troops |
| Special : | 01/03/1852 | 1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii |
| Special : | 12/23/1852 | 1st Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco |
| Special : | 12/17/1852 | 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized |
| Special : | 01/01/1852 | 1st US public bath opens, in NYC |
| Special : | 09/24/1852 | 1st dirigible flight (Paris to Trappe) |
| Special : | 04/29/1852 | 1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published |
| Special : | 08/03/1852 | 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths |
| Special : | 07/23/1852 | 1st interment in US National Cemetary at Presidio |
| Special : | 09/27/1852 | 1st showing of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Troy NY) |
| Special : | 12/02/1852 | 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor |
| Special : | 03/17/1852 | A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #16 Psyche |
| Special : | 09/19/1852 | A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #20 Massalia |
| Special : | 09/03/1852 | Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm |
| Special : | 04/17/1852 | Asteroid 17, Thetis discovered |
| Special : | 08/22/1852 | Asteroid 19, Fortuna discovered (goddess of fortune) |
| Special : | 12/15/1852 | Asteroid 23, Thalia discovered (named for a muse of comedy) |
| Special : | 01/17/1852 | British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa) |
| Special : | 02/26/1852 | British troop ship Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die |
| Special : | 04/19/1852 | Calif Historical Society forms |
| Special : | 07/03/1852 | Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint (San Francisco, Calif) |
| Special : | 03/17/1852 | DeGasparis discovers asteroid Psyche (16) |
| Special : | 12/29/1852 | Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants |
| Special : | 07/09/1852 | Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal Canada & no one die |
| Special : | 11/02/1852 | Franklin Pierce elected as president of US |
| Special : | 12/31/1852 | Future president & Mrs Rutherford B Hayes marry |
| Special : | 11/15/1852 | H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #21 Lutetia |
| Special : | 03/20/1852 | Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston) |
| Special : | 06/24/1852 | J R Hind discovers asteroid #18 Melpomene |
| Special : | 08/22/1852 | J R Hind discovers asteroid #19 Fortuna |
| Special : | 11/16/1852 | J R Hind discovers asteroid #22 Kalliope |
| Special : | 12/15/1852 | J R Hind discovers asteroid #23 Thalia |
| Special : | 11/23/1852 | Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m) |
| Special : | 01/01/1852 | National debt of Britain & Ireland is œ765,126,582 |
| Special : | 09/11/1852 | Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R |
| Special : | 04/17/1852 | R Luther discovers asteroid #17 Thetis |
| Special : | 08/01/1852 | SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist |
| Special : | 08/20/1852 | Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard |
| Special : | 03/13/1852 | Uncle Sam cartoon figure debuts in NY Lantern weekly |
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